SpaceX Falcon 9 launches CRS-32 resupply mission to Space Station

On April 21, 2025, SpaceX has launched the CRS-32 mission to the International Space Station, lifting off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

This mission counts as the 32nd Commercial Resupply Services mission to the orbiting laboratory. The Dragon spacecraft employed for this launch was filled with about 6,700 pounds of supplies. This is the 5th flight for the Dragon spacecraft, and it previously supported CRS-22, CRS-24, CRS-27, and CRS-30 missions.

The cargo consists of food supplies along with important crew equipments including different science experiments – demonstration of refined maneuvers for free-floating robots.

Dragon has an enhanced air quality monitoring system that could protect crew members on exploration mission to the Moon and Mars, and two atomic clocks to research fundamental physics concepts for example relativity and test worldwide synchronization for precision timepieces.

After separating from the second stage, the booster performed a boostback burn to return to the landing site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Landing Zone 1 completing its third overall flight.

SpaceX sent the CRS-32 mission into the direction of the Space Station, and it will now take on the 28-hour post-launch journey to dock autonomously with the destination on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

The spacecraft will remain docked to the space station until May and undock to return to Earth with returning cargo and science research by splashing down off the coast of California.

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